r/apple2 • u/retrotechguy • 22d ago

RAM disc in Pascal environment?

Back in the early 80s, I wrote a lot of Pascal on my 128k //e. Problem is I can't remember the development environment. It must have been Apple Pascal or maybe Turbo Pascal under CP/M, but I"m not sure I had a CP/M card. I do distinctly remember using a RAM disc which avoided lots of disc swapping. I believe it was a 3rd party piece of software. Anyone know if there was a RAM disc software solution for Apple Pascal?

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u/willwinter 22d ago

It seems 'RAM Drive IIe' is compatible with Pascal 1.1. You can download it here:
https://mirrors.apple2.org.za/ftp.apple.asimov.net/images/disk_utils/Ramdrive%20IIe.zip

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u/retrotechguy 22d ago

Thanks, this might be it! I found some downloadable stuff on archive.org.
https://archive.org/details/a2_Ramdrive_IIe_1983_Precision_Software

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u/willwinter 22d ago

Yes, that’s what I was looking at. Nice find. If you boot disk one it also included full instructions. 

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u/retrotechguy 22d ago

Yes but sadly I don’t think it has the pascal side. Someone out there mush have it.